https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160289
Bug ID: 160289
Summary: Converting ANSI encoded CSV file to PDF via command
line results in replacing special characters
(trademark:™,®) with the special question mark
symbol:�
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.5.0.1 rc
Hardware: All
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Printing and PDF export
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: yaroslav.mo...@gmail.com
Description:
When attempting to convert an ANSI-encoded CSV file to PDF via the command line
using LibreOffice, special characters such as ™ and ® are replaced with
question marks � in the resulting PDF file. The command used for conversion is
as follows:
'soffice.exe --headless --convert-to pdf "D:\MyCsvFile.csv" --outdir
"D:\conversionResults"'
This issue does not occur when opening the same file using the LibreOffice GUI
and subsequently exporting it to PDF via Calc. Furthermore, saving the CSV file
in UTF-8 encoding using Notepad++ allows for successful conversion via the
command line, preserving all original content.
To work around the issue, specifying the ANSI encoding with the flag
--infilter="CSV:44,34,ANSI" in the command line enables successful conversion
of ANSI-encoded files to PDF.
>From these observations, it appears that there may be a problem with
identifying the encoding of the source file when it is loaded for conversion
using the command line interface.
Additionally, it's worth noting that this issue is reproducible in all stable
releases following version 7.4.7.2.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a .csv file that contains special characters such as ™ and ® and save
it using ANSI encoding. Or take the .csv file from the attachments.
2. Install any of the affected versions of LibreOffice (any starting from
7.5.0.1 to 7.6.6).
3. Convert the csv file to PDF using the following command line, replacing
paths as necessary: 'soffice.exe --headless --convert-to pdf "D:\MyCsvFile.csv"
--outdir "D:\conversionResults"'.
4. Inspect the result PDF document.
Actual Results:
Special characters such as ™ and ® from the source file are replaced with
question marks � in the result PDF file.
Expected Results:
All the content from the original file is preserved in the resulting PDF
document without any unwanted replacements. All special characters should be
kept.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Version: 7.6.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 38d5f62f85355c192ef5f1dd47c5c0c0c6d6598b
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
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